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as in championship
the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition
his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown
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as in top
the highest part or point
covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head
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Recent Examples of crown
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
To solve this issue, the team created a new tetrathiafulvalene-crown ether COF, named TUS-44, and integrated it with conductive graphene to form a TUS-44@G functional layer for Li-S batteries.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The cake is crowned with a layer of thick, buttery, strawberry frosting, adding decadence to this strawberry dessert that transcends seasons.
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Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
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Noun
Along one wall, rows of unshaped, creaseless, open-crown hats wait in various stages of completion.
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Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
To solve this issue, the team created a new tetrathiafulvalene-crown ether COF, named TUS-44, and integrated it with conductive graphene to form a TUS-44@G functional layer for Li-S batteries.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026
Verb
The toys clanked, the players held their breath and onlookers whispered strategies on the sidelines – until a winner was crowned.
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Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The cake is crowned with a layer of thick, buttery, strawberry frosting, adding decadence to this strawberry dessert that transcends seasons.
—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for crown
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crown
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The Queen Mary’s Lover’s Knot Tiara (sometimes referred to as the Cambridge Lover’s Knot Tiara) is one of the most iconic diadems in royal history.
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Bucking tradition, Diana chose to wear this romantic heirloom diadem instead of one owned by the Crown on her wedding day.
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The 26-year-old shooting guard spent two years with the Oklahoma City Thunder organization, earning an NBA championship ring in 2025 before playing for the Austin Spurs last season.
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The lawsuit was officially launched in July after Hernandez won two state finals in triple jump and high jump, and won second place in long jump, at last year's championships.
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The matter was not on the city’s agenda but was brought on as a walk-on item at the top of the meeting.
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On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.
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The Charlotte City Council voted to select Harrington to finish out the term of Mayor Vi Lyles, which ends in December 2027.
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Each team will need to finish either in its group’s top two or rank in the top eight third-place teams to advance to the round of 32.
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Also in the chest were the Earl and Countess’ coronets, small crowns worn by the nobility for the ceremonial occasion of a monarch’s ascension to their throne, which are shaped to include decorative elements which indicate the rank of the peer wearing them.
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This past July, she was seen wearing the coronet again during a State Banquet where France chose to attend for the first time in 17 years.
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Youngsters romped through the crowd, happily indulging in eggthrowing or dunking-machine antics or trying to climb to the pinnacle of a greased pole, where a $20 bill waited.
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But decades before industrial America transformed global horology in the latter half of the 19th century, the Founding Fathers lived in a world where mechanical timekeeping represented the pinnacle of craftsmanship, technology, and taste.
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Before Greene's first homer, Kerry Carpenter hit a solo shot in which center fielder Spencer Jones could not complete a leaping catch at the right-center field fence and saw the ball pop out of his glove into the Yankees' bullpen.
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During his tenure, ownership of the team shifted from the O’Malley family to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Entertainment Group, which completed the purchase of the Dodgers in March 1998.
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The coronal loops that the scientists were able to identify measured an average of 30 miles wide, with some as as thin as 13 miles—making these the smallest coronal loops ever observed.
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The dramatic coronal headpiece was meant to evoke the Virgin Mary.
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“Crown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crown. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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